Software
Using Noise To Tune Out The Roommate
If you’ve been reading Geek Stew for a while (or if you follow me on Twitter, or if you know me personally) you know that I have ADHD. I don’t think I’ve dedicated a post specifically to this, but I am pretty sure I’ve mentioned it before. Some of the classic symptoms of ADHD include a difficulty “to get organized, to stick to a job, to keep an appointment.” This inability to concentrate can make it VERY difficult for me to finish my homework or pay attention when a professor is giving a lecture. While I haven’t figured out how to solve the lecture problem yet, I did discover something recently that has helped me to stay focused while doing my homework…
Saved By The Bell In Organic Chemistry
The Spring 2008 semester ended dramatically for me today. I was about an hour into my Organic Chemistry final when the fire alarm went off. My professor had us leave our exam, take our stuff and leave the room. It was pretty obvious that she didn’t have a backup plan for something like this. I [...]
Hey Google! Where’s My IMAP?!?
Hopefully this is just a glitch that will be fixed soon, but it looks like IMAP support has disappeared from Gmail.
Techcrunch reported it just moments ago at IMAP Support Disappears from Gmail.
I really hope this isn’t permanent.
UPDATE: An announcement was just posted in the Gmail Help Discussion group. Looks like it’s a temporary error and [...]
Thinking With Your Mouth Closed
I have often heard our UTO, Adrian Sannier, talk about how important the University environment is to advancing technology. Just think of how many companies have emerged from college campuses over the years. (Google, Yahoo, Facebook ring a bell?)
I was over at Techcrunch.com today and saw this post about Ambient, a small company founded by [...]
3 Essential Web Tools I Will Use This Semester
Life is about to get hectic now that the first couple weeks of class are done with and we enter into the intense regular schedule of reading-writing-examing. Most of the time I am not, by nature, an organized, focused individual. Because of this, I’d like to highlight three essential tools that I’ve found on the [...]
